LODESTAR

Welcome to the homepage of the LODESTAR project. LODESTAR is an acronym for "Live Operational Data Enhancement for Situational Awareness through Augmented Reality." LODESTAR is a  research project selected as one of 61 projects in the first round of European Defence Fund projects. The project is carried out by a consortium of five European SMEs. Please see our formal project summary (PDF) for more information.

Members of the LODESTAR consortium are:

  • Embedded Acoustics BV (NL, Coordinator)
  • NexVision (FR)
  • BPTI (LT)
  • ADOS TECH (LT)
  • E&Q engineering (ES)

The LODESTAR project is currently in progress. The initial phase has been completed; end user requirements have been explored, and an initial design has been realised. Exploratory studies related to AR and AI are nearing completion. Please contact us if you would like to receive information on the initial findings.

For a summary of the project, please refer to this folder.

Vilnius

LODESTAR project on its way

Since the kickoff in December 2022, the LODESTAR project has been progressing steadily. The initial work packages are currently nearing completion. A first end-user workshop was successfully held in February 2023. The technical work is being coordinated through online weekly meetings. The consortium Management Team has had its first two in-person meetings (combined with in-person technical meetings), respectively in Vilnius and Delft.

 

Group photo kickoff

LODESTAR has been successfully kicked off

On 16 December 2022, the kick-off meeting of LODESTAR took place in Amsterdam. Representatives of the European Commission and all project partners got together for a one-day meeting, in which the general structure and procedures were discussed, and plans were made for the execution of the project. 

In the initial phase of the project, we focus on obtaining a better understanding of operational requirements by end users, as well as understanding existing reference architectures and standards for LODESTAR to comply with. 

We will be preparing an end user workshop to be held in February 2023.

 

 

 

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